Facile and rapid ruthenium mediated photo-crosslinking of Bombyx mori silk fibroin

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (37) ◽  
pp. 6259-6270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmin L. Whittaker ◽  
Namita R. Choudhury ◽  
Naba K. Dutta ◽  
Andrew Zannettino
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Engineering Applications ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk

We report a unique and facile way of preparing silk fibroin gel by ruthenium-mediated photocrosslinking of silk solution. Compared to existing methods, this approach is faster, taking only a few minutes to form the gel with tunable modulus. Hydrogels demonstrate their potential suitability as biomaterials for tissue engineering applications.

scholarly journals Oxygen Permeability of Silk Fibroin Hydrogels and Their Use as Materials for Contact Lenses: A Purposeful Analysis

Gels ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Traian V. Chirila
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Oxygen Permeability ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fibrous Protein ◽  
Silk Moth ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk

Fibroin is a fibrous protein that can be conveniently isolated from the silk cocoons produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori silk moth. In its form as a hydrogel, Bombyx mori silk fibroin (BMSF) has been employed in a variety of biomedical applications. When used as substrates for biomaterial-cells constructs in tissue engineering, the oxygen transport characteristics of the BMSF membranes have proved so far to be adequate. However, over the past three decades the BMSF hydrogels have been proposed episodically as materials for the manufacture of contact lenses, an application that depends on substantially elevated oxygen permeability. This review will show that the literature published on the oxygen permeability of BMSF is both limited and controversial. Additionally, there is no evidence that contact lenses made from BMSF have ever reached commercialization. The existing literature is discussed critically, leading to the conclusion that BMSF hydrogels are unsuitable as materials for contact lenses, while also attempting to explain the scarcity of data regarding the oxygen permeability of BMSF. To the author’s knowledge, this review covers all publications related to the topic.

Evaluation of menstrual blood stem cells seeded in biocompatible Bombyx mori silk fibroin scaffold for cardiac tissue engineering

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Rahimi ◽  
Homa Mohseni-Kouchesfehani ◽  
Amir-Hassan Zarnani ◽  
Sahba Mobini ◽  
Shohreh Nikoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Cardiac Tissue ◽  
Menstrual Blood ◽  
Silk Fibroin Scaffold ◽  
Menstrual Blood Stem Cells ◽  
Blood Stem Cells ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk

Comparisons between gelatin-tussah silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite and gelatin-Bombyx mori silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite nano-composites for bone tissue engineering

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (93) ◽  
pp. 76526-76537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiabing Ran ◽  
Jingxiao Hu ◽  
Guanglin Sun ◽  
Si Chen ◽  
Li Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Bone Tissue Engineering ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Bone Tissue ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Nano Composites ◽  
Enhancement Mechanism ◽  
Hydroxyapatite Composite ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk ◽  
Tussah Silk Fibroin

Enhancement mechanism of tussah silk fibroin to gelatin-tussah silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite composite.

Enhanced hydration stability of Bombyx mori silk fibroin/PEG 600 composite scaffolds for tissue engineering

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Selmin ◽  
Chiara G. M. Gennari ◽  
Paola Minghetti ◽  
Laura A. Marotta ◽  
Barbara Viviani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Composite Scaffolds ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk ◽  
Peg 600

Immobilization of glucose oxidase on nonwoven fabrics with bombyx mori silk fibroin gel

1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuo Asakura ◽  
Motohiro Kitaguchi ◽  
Makoto Demura ◽  
Harutoshi Sakai ◽  
Keiichi Komatsu
Keyword(s):  
Glucose Oxidase ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk

Nucleation of hydroxyapatite crystals by self-assembled Bombyx mori silk fibroin

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 742-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingying Yang ◽  
Wen He ◽  
Yajun Shuai ◽  
Sijia Min ◽  
Liangjun Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Hydroxyapatite Crystals
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